How To Install firmware-tomu on Debian 12

Learn how to install firmware-tomu on Debian 12 with this tutorial. firmware-tomu is Bootloader for the EFM32HG Tomu Board

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-tomu on Debian 12.

What is firmware-tomu

firmware-tomu is:

The Tomu is a tiny ARM microprocessor which fits in your USB port. It has two buttons and two LEDs!

The board is fully open source and is buildable by hobbyists! Designed for 2-factor authentication, usb experiments, or anything else you can think of.

This package provides the bootloader for the Tomu board to make flashing it easier.

There are three methods to install firmware-tomu on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install firmware-tomu Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install firmware-tomu using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install firmware-tomu

Install firmware-tomu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install firmware-tomu using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install firmware-tomu

Install firmware-tomu Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install firmware-tomu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install firmware-tomu

How To Uninstall firmware-tomu on Debian 12

To uninstall only the firmware-tomu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove firmware-tomu

Uninstall firmware-tomu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall firmware-tomu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-tomu

Remove firmware-tomu Configurations and Data

To remove firmware-tomu configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-tomu

Remove firmware-tomu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove firmware-tomu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-tomu

Dependencies

firmware-tomu have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-tomu package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.